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I guess I mean manually making cpu the minimum if you know you aren't doing anything requiring more. Sometimes, my laptop uses more cpu than I think it needs to.
Yeah, but that's false thinking. If you restrict the CPU, it'll take longer to complete a task, thus preventing the CPU from entering idle as soon as possible. This is from lesswats.org
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AngryKoala wrote:I guess I mean manually making cpu the minimum if you know you aren't doing anything requiring more. Sometimes, my laptop uses more cpu than I think it needs to.
Yeah, but that's false thinking. If you restrict the CPU, it'll take longer to complete a task, thus preventing the CPU from entering idle as soon as possible. This is from lesswats.org
Indeed, that seems to be the case and makes sense, which is why I toggle on the minimum only when I don't use heavier programs. Although, you'd think it wouldn't matter much if you are playing music since it never goes to idle until it stops?
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